Combined tool



(NoModew s. B. FREETHY.

COMBINED TOOL.

No. 393.227. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEE CE.

SAMUELB. FREETHY, OF SURRY, MAINE.

COMBINED TOOL.

QPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,227, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed February 29, 1888. Serial No. 165,716. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. FREETHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Surry in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, haveinvented a new and useful Combined Tool; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andeXact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined tool for household use; and it consists of the combination of several new and useful tools into one instrument so constructed and arranged that the individuality of each tool is reserved for its separate purpose, or they may be taken collectively and a new benefit obtained by their combination.

The object of my invention is to provide a new instrument for varied mechanical purposes that will take the place and save the expense of separate artisan tools for ordinary household use.

' In the drawing the figure is a perspective view of my combined tool, showing the handle and jaws partly open.

Similar letters of referegce refer to like parts throughout the different-parts of the drawing.

My invention isintended to be manufactured from iron cast to shape with its several parts attached; but it can be made from any desired metal having sufficient stiffness and strength.

As will be seen by the drawing, the invention consists of two parts united by a rivet in a manner similar to a pair of pinchers. To designate the two parts, I will call one A and the other B.

The part A is composed of the handle I), having a mortise at 00, through which the part B passes. At this mortise the handle is made about three-fourths or seven-eighths of an inch wide and rounded on its upper side and concaved underneath, as shown at c. The handle b commences to taper from the mortise toward its end,which contains aboss, h, through which a square hole is made. The boss h is made large enough to allow the hole j to be made of a sufficient size to fit the projecting end of a cook-stove grate, and for this purposeit makes a handy shaker.

Across the end of the handle I), outside of the boss h, is a cross-piece,G, having its center of sufficient thickness to allow a large slot or wrench-like opening, 0, to be cut through the bar at a sufficient depth to make a good wrench at this point. The cross-piece Gis tapered or reduced in size from the opening 0 toward each end and forms atack-hamrnerat each extremity of difi'erent sizes. The sides of the smaller hammer, t, are made square, to facilitate the using of the same close up into corners, and are found very convenient in putting down carpets.

Projecting from opposite sides of the part A, at the point marked w and parallel with each other, are the two somewhat triangularshaped pieces E and F, projecting downward about one-half of an inch from the handle. These projections will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The part A from the mortise or point a: is gradually reduced in size and bent downward, then upward in the form of a reverse curve until the end I: is about parallel with the line of the handle I). The end is is now flattened and tapered to a feather-edge. A V-shaped opening, c, with its edges chamfered, is cut in this end, making a first-class tack-puller.

The second part,l3,of my combined tool consists of the handle (2, shank g, and jaw f. United to the shank near where it passes through the mortise in the part A, are the two projections E and F, similar to the projections E and F, extending from the part A. These projections are so situated with regard to each other that their inner edges meet, or very nearly so, when the jaws of the tool are to gether. The inner edges of the projections F and F are made irregular, similar to saw-teeth, and this side is used as anut-cracker. A nut placed between the two projections F and F is easily broken by compressing the handles of the instrument. The projections E and E on the opposite side of the tool are used for a sawset and are made as follows: The inner edge of the part E is hollowed or filed away each side of the place marked 45, leaving a rounded ridge, 2', protruding. A corresponding hollow, Z, is filed out of the meeting edge of the part E and a slight hollow, r, filed near its end. The set is now used by inserting a saw between the edges of the projections E, E, F, and F as far as the hollow Z. By compressing the handle of the tool the ridge i will press upon the top of the saw-tooth and bend it to the right set into the hollow Z. The parts F and F help support and hold the saw during the process.

From the projections E and F on the part B the tool is gradually reduced in width, forming a shank, g,which contains the enlargement f at its end that forms the jaw 01' this part. The jaw f is made quite llat and has its eorners and upper surface rounded. The metal is cut away from the under surface of this jaw, leaving a horseshoelike ridge around its edge, into which the lower jaw, 7;, passes when the two parts are brought together. A small projeetion, it, extends internally from the center of the ridge in the upper jaw, f, and is so situated as to project through the V-shapcd opening a in the lower jaw, Ir.

From the projections E and F the part B is shouldered to allow the handle (I to pass through the mortise in the partAat this place. The handle (I is made straight, round, and slightly tapering toward the end, and its surface contains longitudinal striations, which adapt this part of my device to be used as a mine-sharpener.

The jaws f and it, together with the side pro j ections, E, E, F, and F, are used for holding a chain dish-cloth in washing out kettles,\\:c., in the following manner: One of the rings of the cloth is placed upon the jawf own the projee tion n. The lower-jaw, I.', is then closed over this link, firmly holding it. The cloth is then brought back over the side projections, E E F F, and a link inserted between each projec' tion. In this position the cloth is somewhat spread out and can be used to a much better advantage in various ways.

The instrument is further used in laying ourpets by inserting between thejaws 7c andf the edge of the carpet and pressing it up against the wall. The jawf, being made qnitebroad and having its edges rounded,will not in any way tear or injure the carpet in stretching, and it can be used to a great advantage in close eorners and places where to use the hands would otherwise seem impossible.

llavingnow described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- A combined tool consisting of the two parts A and B, united by a rivet and containing the parallel projections E, E, F, and F, for the purpose described, the shanks a g, with their jaws k and f, constructed as shown, the handle (I, rounded and containing longitudinal striations,and the handle Z), provided with the boss l1 and its square opening 3', the cross-piece (l, having hammers m t at its opposite ends, and the wrench o, substantially as shown and described.

, SAMUEL 'R. FRltl l'lI-lY.

\Vitnesses:

Guns. 0. BURRTLL,

F. E. Hero] I EN. 

